UFC 226 RESULTS - DANIEL CORMIER is the new UFC heavyweight champion.

Louisiana native Cormier claimed the promotion's heavyweight crown in the early hours of the morning in the main event of UFC 226, where he locked horns with Stipe Miocic.

The reigning light-heavyweight champion went into the bout as the huge underdog, which was partly down to the fact he hadn't fought in the heavyweight division for nearly five years.

But the 39-year-old proved all the naysayers wrong by wrestling the belt from Miocic's clutches with an emphatic first-round KO victory.

Cormier's 21st professional mixed martial arts victory saw him become only the second fighter in the promotion's history to hold two titles simultaneously, a feat achieved by Conor McGregor at UFC 205 in November 2016.

The former Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion grew in confidence after landing that solidcombinationand closed the show with a nasty short right hand on the break, which sent Miocic hurtling towards the canvas.

Cormier didn’t let the golden opportunity to create history go past him as he quickly dropped more bombs on the fallen Miocic before referee Marc Goddard called a halt to proceedings.

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